Behavioral Health Specialist I-TB540301

JOB SUMMARY:

Under the general supervision of the Team Leader/Program Director the Behavioral Health Specialist I functions as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team. As part of the team with shared caseloads the Behavioral Health Specialist I assists individuals who have serious and persistent mental illness in their personal recovery by engaging with them in their setting and developing a healthy working relationship.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provide counseling treatment rehabilitation case management and support services in the community (homes shelters street) as part of a mobile multidisciplinary team to mentally ill individuals who have a history of decompensation and relapse as a result of poor follow through with outpatient treatment.
• Provide clinical supervision to the Behavioral Health Specialist II and Behavioral Health Specialist III.
• Assume primary clinical management responsibility for 1012 adults with serious and persistent mental illness who may also have a cooccurring substance abuse or other disorder within the context of a 27 personcaseload IMT Team.
• Assist individuals in attaining or maintaining housing employment functional social relationships and relief from psychiatric symptoms and side effects through medication management support.
• Assertive engagement and provision of mental health services in the community where the service population lives. Approximately 80 of the workweek takes place in the community such as streets shelters and residential settings.
• Continuous responsibility 24hour) for people enrolled in the ACT Team caseload through the use of a rotating emergency phone line.
• Provide all services in a culturally relevant and competent manner.
• Maintain accurate and uptodate case records including but not limited to progress notes service plan and service plan reviews assessments and contact logs within allapplicable regulations and guidelines.
• Provide support and psychoeducation to family members friends and other collateral individuals.
• Provide referrals and engagement support for services not directly provided by IMT Team e.g. medical services participation in psychosocial clubhouses and selfhelp groups vocational training and placement etc.
• Provide accurate and timely reports within federal state and city regulatory and agency confidentiality guidelines to other providers and agencies e.g. housing vocational criminal justice child welfare etc.
• Participates in individual and group supervision treatment team meetings case conferences inservice training and other staff development activities as assigned.
• Observes all applicable rules procedures or laws regarding the reporting of incidents including the reporting of alleged child abuse and neglect.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned by the Program Director.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to actively engage individuals who may be resistant to treatment actively demonstrating symptoms of psychosis and/or actively using substances.
• Knowledge of evidencebased treatment modalities and symptomreduction strategies and the ability to apply them as appropriate.
• Ability to work as an active member of a treatment team.
• Ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a professional and culturally responsive manner.
• Ability to make sound clinical decisions in times of crisis.
• Ability to recognize strengths in individuals and use these strengths to assist in problem solving.
• Ability to interact with consumers in a respectful and professional manner.
• Ability to integrate elements of traumainformed recoveryoriented integrated care and personcentered (TRIP) philosophies in all aspects of the work.
• Willingness to seek out professional consultation from the other members of the treatment team in order to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to type use electronic health record systems and Microsoft products including Outlook Word Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of agency policies and program policies procedures and functions.
• Ability to use modern office equipment (e.g. computer fax copy machine scanner etc..
• Ability to use a smart phone for email phone and texting.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERINCE:

Educational Requirement:

Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) by the NYS Education Department preferred or Licensed as a Masters Social Worker (LMSW) by the NYS Education Department required.

Experience:

A minimum of two years clinical experience working with individuals with serious mental illness substance use homelessness and criminal justice experience preferred.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority